Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians! It’s been a lost weekend for me. I don’t know if I have the flu or just a bad cold, but I’m really out of it. I’ve been checking in at TC to read comments, but haven’t had the energy to get involved in the discussions. I don’t know how I’m going [...]

Saturday Morning at The Confluence

Good morning everyone! What are you reading this morning? I recently started the new book by John Perkins, Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded–and What We Need to Do to Remake Them.
In the news, I’m half-heartedly following the health care bill’s progress and wondering what is going [...]

Friday Morning News and Views

Good morning, Conflucians! The work week is almost over, thank goodness; and I’m looking forward to my extra-long 5-day weekend next week. I can’t wait to be able to sleep as much as a want to for a few days. Here are the stories that caught my eye this morning. Please [...]

Newsweek’s Jon Meacham Just Doesn’t Get It

Newsweek editor John Meacham has released an “official statement” defending the Sarah Palin cover:
“We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what we always try to do,” Meacham said. “We apply the same test to photographs of any public figure, male or female: does the [...]

Sexism in the Media Open Thread

Conservative blogger David Brody complains about the sexist treatment of Sarah Palin in the media. The big news today is that Newsweek used the Runner’s World photo of Palin for their latest cover. I agree it’s disgusting that Newsweek chose to reuse this photo.
Where Brody has is wrong is when he claims that liberal [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians! I’m a little bit pressed for time this morning, because I have to get out of here earlier than usual to make copies of an exam for my class this afternoon. Nevertheless, I have a few stories to share with you before I rush out of here. You can [...]

Friday Morning News and Views: Friday the 13th Edition

Good Morning Conflucians! It’s a gloomy Friday the 13th here in the Boston area. I guess we’ll be getting hit with the tail end of Hurricane Ida over the next couple of days. I’m feeling a bit lethargic this morning, but I’ll try to locate a few interesting news links nonetheless. [...]

Martha Coakley is a Shoo-In for the Massachusetts Senate Nomination!!

Breaking News from Politico: Pelosi Endorses Capuano!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be endorsing Rep. Michael Capuano in the Massachusetts Senate special election, choosing her House colleague over Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is seeking to become the first female senator in the state.
Pelosi will be heading to Boston tomorrow morning to make the formal endorsement….
In [...]

Why is Health Care Reform Being Held Hostage by a Fundamentalist Cult?

No, I don’t mean the Catholic Church. I mean the super-secret, ultra-creepy fundamentalist sect that calls itself
“the Family,” or “the Fellowship,” and they consider themselves a “core” of men responsible for changing the world. “Hitler, Lenin, and many others understood the power of a small core of people,” instructs a document given to [...]

God Forbid we Should Change the Status Quo

Jake Tapper of ABC News had an “exclusive” interview with President Obama today. The first part of the interview was shown on ABC News hour tonight, more will be shown on Nightline tonight, and the rest on Good Morning America tomorrow. Tapper asked the President about the abortion language in the “health care [...]